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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1909
Page
2
A restaurant sign touts quality and value with claims of better paints and oils at lower prices. The notice promotes mixed paints at 1.75 a gallon and 1.65 for five gallons, linseed oil, white lead, Venetian red, varnishes, stains, and a full paint store pitch. Also mentions hay rope barb wire poultry netting and a new car arriving.
The News opposes the public utilities bill, arguing for home rule and against adding state officers to interfere with local utilities. It condemns related legislation including school law changes as an overreach by busy bodies who seek distant control from Des Moines, warning it would erode local autonomy.
ADDITIONAL PERSONALS lists, with P. Casey of Priebe Simater at the Des Moines produce men's convention and W F Priebe of Chicago in attendance. Mrs Gust Krause and daughter renew subscriptions. Ben Wiseman and family plan a South Dakota trip after winding up local matters. C L Hansen of Laurah reads the Weekly News. E E Marquis bought church property and will move the church to Seventh and Chestnut when weather allows. J S Hedges visits and works on a Stuart residence, plans an addition on the Herring building on lower Chestnut. J J Breheny road master for Rock Island passes through en route to Des Moines. Road master Gibbs also travels to the meeting.
A scanned fragment lists multiple real estate transfers and mortgages involving Emily C Townsend and Charles Morgan, James Morgan, J C Painter, Lewis Painter, Jay C Painter, Wiseman, Henry Ruhs, Geo Most, M Huff, Clinton Fletcher, L M Mark Byrne, C E Livingstone, Hall G Van Vlack, Harry R Pollock, John D Claussen, Fritz Tibken, Sophie Claussen, Homer Kirkham, and Victor Benedict. The items include described tracts with quarter sections, dates around 1908 to 1910s, and dollar amounts such as 5000, 3400, 4875, 8450, 10000, 13598.75, 3030.25, and 6000.
The Grove school closed Friday. Miss Maude Stoodt will teach MecNierney school next term, while Miss Ovile Mayberry will lead this school. D E Milford plowed roads with the King drag improving travel. Mrs. Mary Warren visits Missouri Valley relatives. Walter Lackey shelled corn Monday. Mr. Berry of Atlantic moved into Talty house to run a milk wagon for Ernest Odem. Bliss Becker bagged seven mallard ducks with one shot while hunting Monday. Mr and Mrs W J Tobias visited Rey Herbert's in Anita over Sunday.
An Atlantic Drug Store ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as the greatest spring regulator that builds the body, regulates the bowels, clears the blood, aids digestion, and makes you well from head to feet, priced at 35 cents for tea or tablets.
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